Desert Warfare

[G_X]

Indeed, the dust trails are very useful in finding out where enemy armour is, as long as it's dry (Not raining) But you can use this against your enemy too.


Just get some trucks and drive them around where your enemy can't see anything except the smoke from them, and he'll think you have lots of tanks, and it'll conceal the positions of your real ones.

[Hades]

i know a 6lber is a 57mm and thats it ill try to find a post or website

[Curieus]

Ironically the tank with the highest armour penetration is an CS tank. The Cruiser mkIIICS has a 3.7 inch howitzer. This howitzer has a penetration value up to 90 mm.
This makes the tank also excel in separating infantry from tanks.

I have had this tank take out PzKfw III's from relatively long range (20) with frontal shots. Of course the armour of the tank is paper thin, so keep it out of direct sight...

[rbrunsman]

I did a search and found my answer. With "props" to Belisarius for the research:

On June 3rd, Belisarius said:
"Here's a rough translation:

2 pdr_____=40mm

6 pdr_____=57mm

17 pdr____=76mm

18 pdr____=84mm

25 pdr____=88mm

60 pdr____=127mm

Now, the guns characteristics are not only the bore (consider the 88's and 75mm PaKs being better than larger guns), but it gives an idea. 2, 6, 17 and 25 pds are most useful for comparing AT guns.

Edited: Since you ask about a 17pdr being better than a 75mm, I'd like to clarify - the most important thing is the calibre. This states how long the barrel is in bores.

Example: A 75mm/L24 gun has a barrel length 75x24=1800=1.8m. A 75mm/L48 consequently has a barrel of 75x48=3600=3.6m. This means that more of the energy of the propellant gases can be converted to propel the shell (inside the barrel)----> higher V0, or muzzle velocity. The shell will have more energy and thus travel farther, straighter and hitting harder, causing more damage.

And again, this is invalid for shaped charges (i.e. bazookas and such), as that energy will be focused on the target regardless how fast the grenade travels. "

[Hades]

well you beat me. but thanks very useful.

[rbrunsman]

Hades, at least you knew your 6 pounder from a hole in the ground. (That's funny to me for some reason. It's a play on your name, get it?:D )